1951 general election
East Midlands: 1951 general election results
How East Midlands voted at the 1951 general election: Labour won 25 of 40 seats with 53.2% of the vote. Every constituency result.
← 1950 1955 → Change compared with the 1950 general election in East Midlands.
Constituency Winner Majority % Turnout Result
Chesterfield 14,977 27.5 84.2% Lab hold Debry South 10,989 25.2 84.5% Lab hold Derby North 5,562 14.2 82.5% Lab hold Derbyshire Belper 8,197 14.2 86.8% Lab hold Derbyshire Bolsolver 25,189 59.8 85.4% Lab hold Derbyshire High Peak 3,178 7.3 85.9% Con hold Derbyshire Ilkeston 30,398 50.4 86.6% Lab hold Derbyshire North East 16,721 33.4 84.4% Lab hold Derbyshire South East 3,357 5.4 86.4% Lab hold Derbyshire West 6,645 17.6 84.4% Con hold Leicester North East 8,731 20.0 84.4% Lab hold Leicester North West 6,059 13.7 84.3% Lab hold Leicester South East 7,628 19.0 83.8% Con hold Leicester South West 6,993 16.8 82.5% Lab hold Leicestershire Bosworth 7,645 14.2 85.4% Lab hold Leicestershire Harborough 7,747 13.8 87.6% Con hold Leicestershire Loughborough 6,323 13.9 85.9% Lab hold Leicestershire Melton 6,381 12.5 85.5% Con hold Lincnolshire (Parts of Lindsey) Louth 5,768 14.3 80.5% Con hold Lincoln 3,560 8.2 87.7% Lab hold Lincolnshire (Parts of Holland) Holland With Boston 8,689 15.9 78.7% Nat Lib hold Lincolnshire (Parts of Kesteven and Rutlandshire) Grantham 2,172 4.6 84.1% Con hold Lincolnshire (Parts of Kesteven and Rutlandshire) Rutland and Stamford 2,723 8.3 82.2% Con hold Lincolnshire (Parts of Lindsey) Gainsborough 3,841 9.5 80.1% Con hold Lincolnshire (Parts of Lindsey) Horncastle 10,900 32.9 76.7% Con hold Northampton 4,794 7.3 86.4% Lab hold Northamptonshire (and the Soke of Peterborough) Kettering 6,827 11.7 87.2% Lab hold Northamptonshire (and the Soke of Peterborough) Peterborough 373 0.7 86.8% Con hold Northamptonshire (and the Soke of Peterborough) South 2,848 7.2 85.9% Con hold Northamptonshire (and the Soke of Peterborough) Wellingborough 2,201 4.8 88.4% Lab hold Nottingham Central 139 0.3 81.4% Lab hold Nottingham East 264 0.6 83.3% Lab hold Nottingham North West 15,044 29.9 83.4% Lab hold Nottingham South 482 1.2 84.5% Lab hold Nottinghamshire Bassetlaw 11,593 21.4 84.4% Lab hold Nottinghamshire Broxtowe 22,043 45.4 84.1% Lab hold Nottinghamshire Carlton 3,744 7.6 87.0% Con hold Nottinghamshire Mansfield 21,136 39.8 83.3% Lab hold Nottinghamshire Newark 7,659 14.4 85.5% Lab hold Nottinghamshire Rushcliffe 8,466 15.8 86.0% Con hold
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Questions and answers Who won in East Midlands at the 1951 general election? Labour won 25 of the 40 seats in East Midlands, with 53.2% of the vote.
How many seats were there in East Midlands in 1951? 40 constituencies.
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